Even in a city like Barcelona, there are still some people in the city who are angry because that waterfront area is a big tourist destination, and all the rents went up, and they had to move.

Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.

Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned into housing.

In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.

Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.

One person with a divine purpose, passion and power is better than 99 people who are merely interested. Passion is stronger than interest.

There is really only one true way to progress

Follow your dreams, because your dreams won't follow you.

I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.

I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.

Today, the army only occupies the territory once the war is over.

Go out there and thrill me.

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.